Brookhouse v. Brookhouse

This appeal is from a decree of divorce rendered in favor of plaintiff in the Wayne circuit court. Defendant claims that plaintiff did not sustain burden of proof required and complains of the terms of the decree with regard to custody of the children of the parties and division of property.

Plaintiff and defendant were married in 1921 and have three children, aged 12, 8 and 5 years. The bill was filed, based on grounds of nonsupport and extreme cruelty. Plaintiff testified that defendant repeatedly slapped her and at one time knocked her down during pregnancy, and further told plaintiff that…